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17 August 2025

Hundreds march to White House to protest Trump's D.C. crackdown 16AUG25

 WE must continue to peacefully protest the in the streets against the planned imposition of an authoritarian theocratic oligarchy as is being attempted by NOT MY pres drumpf / trump, NOT MY vp vance, their neo-nazi administration and the fascist heritage foundation's project 2025. We can not give up on our democratic Republic, we can not give up on our constitution, we can not give up on our freedoms and liberties that so many before us sacrificed their lives defending them and so many in the US Military are defending now. The ACLU, MOVEON INDIVISIBLE, and REFUSE FASCISM are just a few of the organizations committed to peacefully defeating this administration and the fascist heritage foundation's project 2025. DEMOCRACY IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT, if you do not do anything to oppose drumpf / trump-vance then you are supporting them. This from NPR.....

Hundreds march to White House to protest Trump's D.C. crackdown

WASHINGTON — Hundreds gathered peacefully in the nation's capital on Saturday afternoon to protest President Trump's attempted takeover of the city's police department and deployment of  National Guard units alongside federal agents.

Starting with a rally in the northwest neighborhood of DuPont Circle, protesters chanted, "Shame" and "Trump must go now!" while demanding an end to the "crime emergency" that Trump declared in an executive order on Monday.

Protesters later marched to the White House, continuing to chant, as D.C. Metropolitan Police officers and National Park Service police looked on from a distance.

Mason Weber of Maryland told NPR he attended the march because he was concerned that the deployment of troops is a "serious ethical and legal breach."

"The most concerning thing about it is there's been no check and balance of the systems of power," Weber said. "Congress, if it comes to it, we expect to authorize it for longer."

A protester stands in front of Metropolitan Police Department officers and federal law enforcement on Aug. 16

A protester stands in front of Metropolitan Police Department officers and National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 16, 2025.

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The demonstration took place two days after Attorney General Pam Bondi attempted to appoint Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Terry Cole as an "emergency police commissioner" who would assume full operational control over D.C. police. Trump officials backed off that effort on Friday after D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit in federal court.

"The hostile takeover of our police force is not going to happen — a very important win for home rule today," Schwalb told reporters late Friday.

But people who marched on Saturday said the successful effort to prevent the White House from appointing an emergency police chief controlled by Trump doesn't go far enough.

The deployment of the National Guard and Trump's growing influence over D.C. police activities are being decried by D.C. residents — including John Smith, who said Trump is exaggerating about the city being riddled with crime.

"I think he doesn't know what he's talking about," Smith said. "I'm a little old white man and I walk around safely all the time."

Catherine Ernst told NPR she's lived in the D.C. area for seven years and thinks it's important to show opposition. She was also hoping for a larger turnout.

"It's a lot better than lying down and letting it happen. We need more people in the movement to stop what's happening," Ernst said.

Sam Goldman, organizer of Saturday's march and spokesperson for Refuse Fascism on Aug, 16, 2025.

Sam Goldman, organizer of Saturday's march and spokesperson for Refuse Fascism on Aug, 16, 2025.

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Sam Goldman, spokesperson for Refuse Fascism, a group that helped organize the march, told NPR that it's time for more people to make their voices heard.

"We have to turn the tide. We have to wake up all the decent people in this country, including in Washington, D.C.," Goldman said. "Millions and millions in our bones hate everything that Trump and MAGA represent, everything they've done and everything they're doing."

Goldman also said her group is planning for more protests in D.C. in the coming weeks.

Abigail Jackson, a spokeswoman for the White House, told NPR in a statement Saturday, "Only D.C. liberals would be upset about efforts to stop violent crime — hopefully they were paid well to beclown themselves in public like this."

Protesters gather in front of the White House on Aug. 16, 2025.

Protesters gather in front of the White House on Aug. 16, 2025.

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Meanwhile, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey, a Republican, said on Saturday he has agreed to send 300 to 400 of his state's National Guard troops to D.C. to support Trump's crackdown. Over the weekend South Carolina's governor also announced he was sending 200 troops, while Ohio pledged 150.

Earlier in the week, Vermont's Republican Gov. Phil Scott denied a similar request for National Guard troops to support the Washington deployment.

16 August 2025

Congress must rein in President Trump’s latest abuse of power & President Trump is eroding our democracy 15AUG25



PLEASE sign the ACLU's petition to congress telling them to rein in NOT MY pres drumpf's / trump's abuse of power, to stop the lies, deception and manipulation to declare false "emergencies" and keep federalized National Guard troops and members of the US Military out of American cities, off American streets. It will be helpful if you will also e mail this same message to your representative and senators, as usual my e mails will be at the end of this post. ALSO, here is a brief report on some of the actions the ACLU has taken since NOT MY pres drumpf / trump and NOT MY vp vance were sworn in on 20 JAN 25. Please consider joining the ACLU, I have been a member since 2008, it doesn't cost anything to join but you will be asked to participate in their actions in defense of our democratic Republic and to make a donation when you can. REMEMBER, DEMOCRACY IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT!

    NO TROOPS ON OUR STREETS! TAKE ACTION!

President Trump is dramatically escalating his campaign to scare our communities and silence dissent. He just created a phony “emergency” to deploy armed National Guard troops to D.C. and seized control of the local police force. This isn’t the first time and it won’t be the last. President Trump similarly deployed the National Guard in Los Angeles and he’s been warning this week that he wants to deploy troops to other cities across the country to quell protests.

 

The President’s actions undermine the simple, foundational American principle that the military should not be used to police civilians here at home. Congress must rein in President Trump and halt his egregious abuse of power. Tell your representatives to act now!







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